Kenyan African mole-rat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Spalacidae |
Genus: | Tachyoryctes |
Species: | T. ibeanus |
Binomial name | |
Tachyoryctes ibeanus Thomas, 1900 |
The Kenyan African mole-rat or Kenyan mole-rat (Tachyoryctes ibeanus) is a species of rodents in the family Spalacidae. It is endemic to Kenya. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, arable land, pastureland, plantations, rural gardens, urban areas, and heavily degraded former forest.
Some taxonomic authorities consider it to be conspecific with the East African mole-rat.